E-mail for Apple's iPad, virtual desktops, IT security tools and other new technology to be unveiled at Interop Las Vegas this week.

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Kerio's messaging collaboration server is now compatible with Apple's iPad, so "iPad users can synchronize their e-mail and contacts, search the global address book (GAL), manage invitations, and perform a remote wipe using Exchange ActiveSync," the vendor says. IPad support also includes access to shared calendars.
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New line of more than 15 intelligent optical networking devices is based on a "2U 19-inch rack mountable chassis that is designed to house up to 19 slide-in conversion modules along with two power supply modules, with all slots being hot-swappable," the vendor says. Products feature secure access control and a management tool that allows remote monitoring of each slide-in module.
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Free Web service provides "sophisticated analysis of network packet captures" and gives network and application experts a place to collaborate and troubleshoot problems. ExtraHop says the community-based Web site will "improve access to network- and application-analysis solutions and build a broad technical knowledge base among IT professionals."
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This network orchestration software optimizes physical and virtual resources both in the data center and the cloud. "Using a secure Web portal, staff across multiple departments can request and access physical and virtual resources 24x7 from anywhere in the world," the vendor says. This lets organizations "locate, schedule, connect, provision, and access servers, virtual machines, networking, storage, and software repositories in a comprehensive and vendor-neutral way."
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Enhancements to EMC's IT infrastructure monitoring and analysis software include expanded support for virtualization and integration with Ionix network configuration management software. Virtualization support targets VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V, mapping relationships between the virtualization layer and the rest of the IT infrastructure and automating root-cause analysis.
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New series of stackable access edge switches offer dual-fixed redundant power supplies and are designed to reduce power consumption in the data center. AT-8100 switches support industry-standard security technologies such as Microsoft's Network Access Protection.
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New four-port module designed for the Summit X650 top-of-rack switch lets the switch scale up to 40 Gigabit Ethernet, allowing "10 Gigabit Ethernet data servers to be attached to the network at a low cost and with minimal oversubscription," according to Extreme.
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New management appliance gives customers a unified view of hundreds of Net Optics network devices across multiple locations. "Indigo PRO provides a network dashboard and compiled statistics focused on collected traffic that is emitted from Net Optics devices," the vendor says. "Network managers will be able to identify, locate, and manage all network devices from a single console."
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New 802.11n access points include automated policy management and provides wireless capabilities for distributed and standalone network deployments. If combined with other Enterasys products, the technology lets administrators manage their wireless and wired networks as a single entity.
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This is a software version of A10's AX Series application delivery controller appliances designed for deployment on virtual machines. The software includes the same functionality as the appliances – Layer 4-7 load balancing and application acceleration. When the software ships it will support VMware ESXi, and the company plans to develop versions for Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux KVM and Citrix XenServer.

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Cloud delivery platform for managed service providers and enterprise data centers includes virtualization and automated configuration of virtual machines; monitoring and self-healing; automatically configured backups; billing and reporting; a self-service interface for application developers; and various system administration tools.
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HyperScale will be available as an option with all Crescendo AppBeat DC CN-7000 series application delivery controllers. The new technology lets customers treat multiple Crescendo appliances as one logical ADC with one set of configurations and management capabilities. The goal is to provide a pay-as-you-grow option so IT managers can add more AppBeat DC units as Web traffic increases instead of replacing outgrown hardware.

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This converged infrastructure platform takes standard Dell blade servers and Ethernet components, along with Egenera's PAN Manager software, to provide "flexible server, virtualized I/O, and converged network resources that can be dynamically and automatically allocated," Egenera says. A single system can scale up to 384 processing cores.
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New energy management software monitors and analyzes power use of all network connected devices and systems, without need for agents. JEM integrates with existing systems, supporting thousands of devices. "Upon installation, the product automatically works to discover any type of IP-connected devices, including PCs, servers, VoIP phones and devices, printers, network switches, IP power switches, HVAC systems and more," Joulex says.
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LifeSize Video Center is an appliance that enables HD video streaming from the company's high-definition videoconferencing and telepresence gear. The idea is to broadcast live and recorded presentations to groups of end users with HD laptops and desktops, such as employees receiving executive messages or students tapping in to class lectures. The appliance supports all LifeSize 220 series videoconferencing equipment.

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Verizon has added Riverbed Steelhead, Interceptor and Central Management Console gear to the group of WAN optimization products it will manage on customer sites with the idea that customers can make WAN optimization an operating expense rather than a capital expense. Verizon is also adding four new consulting services: assessment, evaluation of WAN optimization gear in customer networks, implementation and periodic tuning of the gear. If customers already own WAN gear and have it installed, Verizon can take over management of it as well.